Wednesday, August 31, 2016

... today the largest casualty finally emerged on Wednesday when
South Korea's Hanjin Shipping, the country's largest shipping firm and
the world's seventh-biggest container carrier, filed for court
receivership after losing the support of its banks, leaving its assets frozen as ports from China to Spain denied access to its

Hanjin Shipping is Korea's largest and one of the world’s top ten
container carriers that operates some 70 liner and tramper services
around the globe transporting over 100 million tons of cargo annually. Its fleet consists of some 150 containerships and bulk carriers.

A federal judge ordered the Department of State Wednesday to produce
for The Daily Caller News Foundation the security training records of
former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her aide Huma Abedin
within two weeks, or face direct deposition of multiple government
officials.

“I’m sure you can appreciate Mr. Lee, there is a certain time
sensitivity on this issue,” U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Leon
told Department of Justice Attorney Jason Lee, representing the State
Department. “We’re looking down the barrel of a presidential election
from now in two months.”

ATF’s June 2016 Explosives Industry Newsletter included abrief discussion of Nitrocellulose, and attempted to clarify the circumstances under which wetted Nitrocellulose is considered a high explosive under 27 CFR, Part 555. As with all explosives, ATF’s focus is on the potential public safety risks associated with materials that can be misused or diverted to unlawful purposes. Subsequent contact from industry members who import, transport, store or employ wetted Nitrocellulose in the production of ammunition, however, has brought to our attention issues that were not fully addressed in the Newsletter and require further consultation and consideration with the industry.

Accordingly, ATF has and will conduct further industry outreach concerning wetted Nitrocellulose. In the interim, previously authorized industry practices concerning wetted Nitrocellulose will not be affected.

George Soros should scare the hell out of anybody with a lick of sense.

Born a Hungarian Jew, his first job was working for the Nazis in World War II,
helping to confiscate the property of Jews who were being rounded up, a
job he not only never expressed any regret for, but that he described
as one of the finest times of his life.

He has described himself, and the power he has as a billionaire, as being like a mad god.

“Next to my fantasies about being God, I also have very strong
fantasies of being mad,” Soros said in an interview on British
television.

And he certainly has considerable power to back up his fantasies,
including the power to make the video clip of his famous 60 Minutes
interview, or leaked documents from his Open Society Foundations, virtually disappear from the Internet.

Among the documents that were downloaded by various news outlets
before they vanished, there are numerous eye-openers that clarify
exactly how deep Soros’ various schemes go, and paint a picture of a man
who can manipulate markets, order around governments and arrange coups
wherever he likes.

Soros comes about as close to a comic book supervillain as you can
get in real life. Honestly, he could give Lex Luthor or Doctor Doom a
run for their money.

A girl goes
nose-to-nose with a Neanderthal statue in Germany. Ancient DNA research
is increasingly revealing the genetic links between modern humans and
our extinct ancestors, including Neanderthals and the mysterious
Denisovans.Link

Toward the end of President Ronald Reagan’s eight
years in office ending in early 1989, his Attorney General, Ed Meese,
asked him what he considered his biggest regret. According to Meese,
Reagan told him that it was signing the 1986 Amnesty. Reagan had been
uncomfortable with the concept of amnesty and reluctant to sign the
bill, but he was persuaded by “moderate” Republicans that the numbers
would not be significant, and compromise was necessary to get the
Democrats to vote for badly needed enforcement provisions of the bill.

Reagan was persuaded that the amnesty would apply
to no more than a million illegal immigrants in the country. The actual
number was approximately 2.7 million thanks to weak enforcement of the
provisions of the amnesty and rampant fraud—at least 25 percent.
Moreover, the number of illegal immigrants in the country had obviously
been underestimated.

In addition, the Democrat and liberal Republican
promises to implement the enforcement measures of the 1986 bill were
ignored, and illegal immigrants continued to pour into the country.

By 1990, Congress realized that illegal immigration
was even more out of control and created the Jordan Commission to study
immigration issues and make recommendations to Congress. The Jordan
Commission report and recommendations were released in 1995 and
presented to Congress in 1997.

Donald Trump will travel to Mexico City on Wednesday for a meeting
with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, just hours before he delivers
a high-stakes speech in Arizona to clarify his views on immigration
policy.

Peña Nieto last Friday invited both Trump and Democratic
presidential nominee Hillary Clinton to visit Mexico, his office said in
a statement provided to The Washington Post on Tuesday night.

Trump,
sensing an opportunity, decided over the weekend to accept the
invitation and push for a visit this week, according to the people in
the United States and Mexico familiar with the discussions.

Late Tuesday, Trump and the Mexican president confirmed on Twitter that they will meet Wednesday.

Some have suggested that Donald Trump has hidden support among voters
who are unwilling to say publicly where they stand because they’re
fearful of criticism. We won’t know for sure until Election Day, but
Republicans are clearly more reluctant than Democrats this year to say
how they are going to vote.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 17% of
Likely Republican Voters are less likely this year to let others know
how they intend to vote compared to previous presidential campaigns.
Just 10% of Likely Democratic Voters say they are less likely to tell.

Among voters not affiliated with either major party, 25% say they are
less likely this year to say publicly which presidential candidate they
will vote. Unaffiliateds have leaned in Trump’s direction in recent
weeks in our White House Watch survey but also have been the biggest supporters of Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

In an Explosives Industry Newsletter issued in June 2016, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF”) reclassified wetted nitrocellulose [also known as flash paper, flash cotton, guncotton, and flash string] containing greater than 12.6 percent nitrogen as a high explosive under the federal explosives laws.

As
explained below, this is a dramatic and sudden change in agency policy
with a significant impact on the ammunition industry. The new policy was
announced in a newsletter without any opportunity for industry input.

Valdimir,
a Muscovite taxi driver, is astonished that Israel, a tiny little
country "that's all desert and sand" exports its fruit and vegetables
all over the world -- including to Russia, where Israeli produce has
become a common sight in Moscow, and even to the country's periphery.

But it doesn't end with
carrots and potatoes. In general, Russia holds a positive view of
Israel as an exciting, developed country. It is beguiling to many
Russians as a tourist destination, and if anything stands in the way of
increased Russian tourism, it is the fact that Israel is more expensive
than other vacation locales.

This has proved beyond a
doubt that tourism to Israel can help create a positive image for the
country. The many Russians who have visited Israel since the visa
requirement was canceled have changed the way Israel is viewed by the
Russian public. Almost anyone you meet in Moscow has a friend, relative,
or acquaintance who recently visited the Holy Land and came back with
tales of its wonders.

These positive stories add up to create more and
more circles of support for Israel.

The presidential election could be delayed or scrapped
altogether if conspiracy theories become predictive and a candidate dies
or drops out before Nov. 8. The perhaps equally startling alternative,
if there's enough time: Small groups of people hand-picking a
replacement pursuant to obscure party rules.

The scenarios have been seriously considered by few
outside of the legal community and likely are too morbid for polite
discussion in politically mixed company. But prominent law professors
have pondered the effects and possible ways to address a late-date
vacancy.

"There's nothing in the Constitution which requires a
popular election for the electors serving in the Electoral College,"
says John Nagle, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame,
meaning the body that officially elects presidents could convene without
the general public voting.

"It's up to each state legislature to decide how they
want to choose the state's electors," Nagle says. "It may be a situation
in which the fact that we have an Electoral College, rather than direct
voting for presidential candidates, may prove to be helpful."

Under “progressive” rules for what is now deemed historically
acceptable, it’s fair to ask how much longer this lithograph will be
housed in the Library of Congress before it’s burned.

“The Veterans Affairs Department quietly moved this month to ban
flying of Confederate flags from fixed flagpoles at the cemeteries it
runs, striking yet another blow against the controversial emblem,” The Washington Times reports.
“Congress had debated and rejected that change, but the Obama
administration decided to move forward anyway, saying it was
unilaterally imposing the restrictions.”

So much for separation of powers. So much for checks and balances.
And the gutless Congress, terrified of being called “racist,” lets that
larger principle slide, no matter the damage an imperial presidency does
to freedom. Besides, the “Republican”-controlled House already caved before that provision was ultimately dropped from a VA funding bill.

What this latest move does is disallows Confederate flags to be flown on Memorial Day and Confederate Memorial Day. Rules for placing small flags on individual graves have not been rewritten – yet.

Why is the administration bringing this up now? The same reason it
was brought up earlier: For cynical political gain. That and to paint
anyone opposing “progressive” subversion as a racist.

“Glenn Beck, I hope you’re listening. You own Hillary Clinton’s
Supreme Court appointments. You own it! You are doing everything you can
do to cast doubt in people’s minds! Trump gave us a list.

You own her
Supreme Court nominees, you own her unvetted refugees and the 550
percent increase she will bring into this country.

“You own the jobs that illegal immigrants will take from the 95
million Americans out of the labor force. You own Obamacare, which is a
disaster for this country. And you are going to say, ‘Hannity, we blame
you. You gave Donald Trump time on your show.’

“You own her. You own every dumb thing she’s about to do. I blame you. Got it? I’m going to name names regularly if she wins.”

World War II has provided a vast amount of
material for cinema in Europe, America, and Japan.

Some if this is
superb. Much of it is hokey entertainment and propaganda. We perhaps did
not realise how hokey until the horrors of D-Day were portrayed in Saving Private Ryan. That useful dose of realism deserves to be set off against Stephen Spielberg’s many sins against culture.

Belonging to a conquered and occupied people, I am interested in the
fate of small nations in that period of history and their resistance to
totalitarian invaders. Here are three good films in that line, perhaps
somewhat known, but not as well known as they deserve. And that relate
to aspects of the World War II era not very familiar to Americans.

Soldier of Orange (Soldaat van Oranje, 1977) portrays the
Dutch resistance and government-in-exile. The motives and characters of
the leaders, their relations with their British hosts, and their
underground operations in the homeland are shown with apparent
authenticity. Rutger Hauer is the lead—this in the days before he moved
to Hollywood and devoted himself to cheap action flicks.

The Last Lieutenant (1993) is a Norwegian gem. Espen
Skjonberg is a merchant marine captain who has just retired in
anticipation of spending golden years with his wife. Then the Nazi
invaders arrive.

He is impelled to do what he can in defense of his
small, beleaguered, and betrayed nation. Critics have said that the
picture of historical events is not realistic, though the story is a
quite plausible portrayal of people in an impossible situation. The
confusion, futility and heroism of the resistance appear in telling
fashion. More to the point, The Last Lieutenant is a
celebration of individual courage that reminds one of the Scandinavian
sagas, although without the boasting. (The film bears no relationship to
a book about Iwo Jima with the same title.).

Having paid attention to the barbarous Germans, we should turn attention to the barbarous Russians. The Winter War (Talvisota, 1990)
relates the experience of some Finnish reservists called up for the
bitter defense of their country from the invading Communist hordes in
the winter of 1939-1940. A tale of ordinary men behaving
extraordinarily. And of course, an antidote to the pro-Communist flavour
of much of Hollywood’s production.

Perhaps, if there is interest, then more can be said in the future
about examples of this kind of film. These are portrayals of free men
fighting against tyranny under hopeless odds. Except for Revelation and
Resurrection, what nobler tale is there in human history? These are the
kinds of stories that once stirred the hearts of Americans—before we
became ourselves the imperial bullies.

At our last flag raising in Danville, Virginia, we asked for help from the attendees to collect the funds needed to pay for the 30' x 50' flag that was raised on Hwy 29 that day. We were absolutely thrilled when the Danville community ended up giving more than twice the needed amount, so that we not only covered the cost of the world's largest Confederate Battle Flag, but we were also able to order new flags for several of the other 13 Danville flag sites.

Today, our friends at Sky High Poles have been busy changing out flags, including this beautiful new Army of Tennessee Battle Flag now flying at the very first Danville Memorial Battle Flag Site, on 58 at the main bridge into town.

Maintaining these sites is a challenge, and we could not do it without the outpouring of community help and support that we have received, especially in Danville. MANY THANKS to all of our supporters who have contributed to help raise and maintain these flags, and to the men who serve as guardians of the flags...in Danville, and across the Commonwealth!

Remembrance

Winners: Navy Cross Nguyen Van Kiet & MOH Thomas R. Norris This week’s Medal of Honor hero is one of a handful of Navy SEALs awarded the MOH in the Vietnam War. Norris snuck behind enemy lines with a South Vietnamese Navy petty officer rescued two downed pilots in 1972–when most of our resources had been pulled from the country. Interesting to note that later year, Norris was himself rescued by another SEAL Michael E. Thornton.More @ Medal of Honor Roll Call

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Core Creek Militia

==============================My sixth great grandfather, his wife, and five of his six children were killed in battle with the Tuscarora Indians at Core Creek, NC.

The Seven Blackbirds

==============================My third great grandfather was an Ensign in the Revolutionary War, and saved his unit's flag after being wounded at the Battle of Brandywine. He was also at Kingston (Kinston), Wilmington, Charleston, Two Sisters and Augusta. He was at the defeat at Brier Creek and also Bee Creek.

Requiem Aeternam -
Eternal Rest Grant unto Them
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My second great grandfather was killed in action on May 3, 1863 at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
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My great grandfather and great uncle knew all the men in the "Civil War Requiem" video as they were part of the 53rd NC which was the sole unit defending Fort Mahone. (Fort Mahone was named "Fort Damnation" by the Yankees) *Handpicked men of the 53rd (My great grandfather was one of these) made the final, night assault at Petersburg in an attempt to break Grant's line. This was against Fort Stedman which was a few miles to the slight northeast. They initially succeeded, but reinforcements drove them back. This video is made from photographs which were taken the day after the 53rd evacuated the lines the night before to begin the retreat to Appomattox. I have many more pictures taken by the same photographer, one of these shows a 14 year old boy and the other is the famous picture of the blond, handsome soldier with his musket.
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*General Gordon promised the men a gold medal and 30 days leave if they accomplished their task and many years after the War my great grandfather wrote General Gordon, who was then governor of Georgia about this incident. They exchanged several letters which I have framed. See first link below.
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*The Attack On Fort Stedman
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"His Colored Friends"
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Lee's Surrender
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My Black NC Kinfolks
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Punished For Being Caught!

Great Grandfather Koonce

He was a drummer boy in the WBTS, survived the War only to die a few years later. He was caught in an ice storm on his way home, but instead of seeking shelter, continued on his horse until the end. His clothes had to be cut off and he died a few days later.